听英文歌曲解析歌词:Try to Remember

Try to Remember

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and, oh, so mellow¹
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow...

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow²
Try to remember the kind of September
When love was an ember about to billow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow...

Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made us mellow
Deep in December our hearts should remember
And follow, follow, follow...

歌词大意

试着回忆那九月的日子：
日子悠闲并且香醇；
试着回忆那九月的日子：
草儿青青，谷物金黄。
试着回忆那九月的日子；
那时你还是个温柔幼稚的小伙子；
试着回忆，如果你能想起来
那就让这延续，延续吧...

试着回想那时的生活是多么恬静
除了柳树外没有人会低头悲叹
试着回忆那九月的日子：
当时我们的爱正在滋长
试着回忆，如果你能想起来
那就让这延续，延续吧...

在深冬十二月回想是美好的事，
尽管你知道雪要来了。
在深冬十二月回想是美好的事，
九月的爱火使我们快乐，
在深冬十二月用我们的心回忆，
回忆，回忆，回忆...

歌词、句型分析

1．Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and, oh, so mellow.
=Please try to remember that special September in which life was slow and mellow.
试着回想那美好的九月天，当时生活悠闲又快乐
when是关系副词，引导定语从句修饰September，说明九月里生活是什么样的: slow and mellow。
The kind of September 是remember的宾语。
Try to remember:试回首，试着回忆
Mellow adj. 欢乐的；沉醉的；(因熟透而)醇香的、甘美的, (颜色)柔美的, (声音)圆润的, 成熟的, 老练的
例:a mellow sound; a mellow wine.
醇厚甜软的声音；芳醇的葡萄酒
vt.& vi.使(变)醇香, 使(变)柔美, 使成熟
例:The colours mellowed³ as the sun went down.
随着太阳的落去, 色泽变得柔和了。
The mellow wine and fruit are so inviting⁴.
醇酒和熟透了的水果是这样诱人。
The mellow colour of the dawn sky caused him to write an inmmortal sonnet⁵.
黎明时天空斑斓的色彩使他写出了一首不朽的十四行诗。

2．Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain was yellow.
=Please try to remember that special September in which the countryside was so beautiful.
试着回想那美好的九月天，那时草儿青青，稻穗呈黄。
在句子结构上与前三行一致。
在When grass was green and grain was yellow一行中采用押头韵的修辞手法，grass, green, grain都押音[gr]音韵。

3．callow
=immature and inexperienced
既不成熟又无经验的；乳臭未干的
例如：Don't believe him. He is too callow to know so much.
别信他。他乳臭未干不可能懂这么多。

4．Try to remember, and if you remember, then follow, follow.
=Please try to remember all the good things that happened in that special September, and if you can remember, then hold the warm feeling in your heart.
试着回想，假如你想起来了,那么就让这种美好的感觉持续吧！
follow在这一句中的用法应是“按你所能回忆的路子继续回忆”，即跟随记忆走。
follow一词倒有许多其它用法需要记住：
例如：One opportunity followed another.一个机会紧接另一个。
I can't follow what he is saying. 我听不懂他在说什么。
as follows:如下
follows the crowd:随大流
follow sb's example:仿效
follow sth up with :对某一事物采取进一步行动
例：The main reasons why we failed are as follow: first, we did not pay enough attention to the rules; second, our time was too limited.
我们失败的原因大致如下：第一，我们对规则没有给予足够重视；第二，我们的时间也太有限，
On most issues, he followed the crowd.
在大部分问题上，他都随大流。

5.Try to remember the kind of September when love was an ember about to billow.
=Try to remember that special September when our love was about to grow.
试着回想那美好的九月天，当时我们的爱苗正在滋长。
Ember n.灰烬, 余烬
Billow n.巨浪, 波浪般滚滚向前的东西; v.翻腾
例：A field of burning grass is billowing thick black clouds of smoke into the sky.
一片燃烧着的草冒出的滚滚黑烟直冲云霄。
be about to 将要, 正打算

6．Deep in December it's nice to remember, although you know the snow will follow.
=Deep in December it's nice to remember our happy past although you know the snow will follow.
十二月底虽然即将下雪，但回想起往日时光，使我们觉得很快乐。
Deep in December:十二月末
deep at night:深夜
deep in winter:隆冬季节

1 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。

2 willow   

n.柳树

参考例句：

• The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
• The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。

3 mellowed   

（使）成熟( mellow的过去式和过去分词 )； 使色彩更加柔和，使酒更加醇香

参考例句：

• She's mellowed over the years. 这些年来他变得成熟了。
• The colours mellowed as the sun went down. 随着太阳的落去，色泽变得柔和了。

4 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

5 sonnet   

n.十四行诗

参考例句：

• The composer set a sonnet to music.作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲。
• He wrote a sonnet to his beloved.他写了一首十四行诗，献给他心爱的人。